One of the most iconic synthezoids in Marvel Comics just proved he will never be a Master of the Mystic Arts.

“Do Androids Dream in the Witch House?” by writer Chris Condon and artist Djibril Morissette-Phan brings yet another person in need to The Last Door, a mystical portal employed by the Scarlet Witch so that she can help those with nowhere else to turn. Unfortunately, this time it brings not a passerby looking for help, but a monster hunter looking for Wanda Maximoff’s head. While the Scarlet Witch is more than capable of taking care of herself, that doesn’t stop Vision from trying his best to master whatever Mystic Arts might bring her home safely.

Written by STEVE ORLANDO, CHRIS CONDON, BENJAMIN PERCY, and JASON LOO Art by CLAIRE ROE, DJIBRIL MORISSETTE-PHAN, RAFFAELE IENCO, and CARLOS MAGNO Colors by LUIZ ZAVALA, MATTIA IACONO, BRYAN VALENZA, and ESPEN GRUNDETJERN Letters by VC’s TRAVIS LANHAM Design by SARAH SPADACCINI Main cover art by LEINIL FRANCIS YU & MATTHEW MILLA Variant covers by MARTIN SIMMONDS and JUAN FERREYRA

First introduced all the way back in 1968’s Avengers #57, the synthezoid known as the Vision emerged from seemingly out of nowhere before his shadowy origins began coming into view. Crafted by Ultron with the help of the Mad Thinker and cobbled together with the innert cybernetic body of the first Human Torch, the Vision was originally intended to be Ultron’s ultimate weapon against the Avengers. Soon enough, however, the Vision developed a personality of its own, largely thanks to its brainwaves being partially made up of those of Simon Williams, better known as Wonder Man, and the inner turmoil they brought about.

While the Vision would ultimately become a key member of the Avengers, he would form a far more important relationship with the Scarlet Witch. After falling in love, the pair did their best to carve out an idyllic suburban lifestyle for themselves. Though their community wasn’t the most welcoming, it seemed as if the two could actually settle down in peace, at least up until the births and subsequent losses of their twin sons, Billy and Tommy, who were in truth manifestations of the Scarlet Witch’s own powers combined with fragments of the demon Mephisto’s own life force.

Although Billy and Tommy would be resurrected in new forms, both Wanda and Vision were continually haunted by their apparent deaths and the circumstances surrounding the situation as a whole. This eventually drove Vision to create an entirely new synthezoid family for himself consisting of wife Virginia, son Vin, and daughter Viv, the three of whom were introduced in 2015’s Vision #1 by writer Tom King and artist Gabriel Hernandez Walta. While the Visions were initially able to lead relatively ordinary lives together, their story soon spiraled into abject treagedy, with Vin and Virginia both losing their lives by the time the series was over.

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Source: Marvel Comics